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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fact: forecasts are a prediction 
Fact: meteorologists typically don’t win the lottery or have the best stock portfolios…because they predict not foresee

At the end of the day staying in school was the wrong answer and releasing early was the wrong answer.  Kids got home before the predicted worse.

In summation:  better to be wrong and safe vs wrong and not safe

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Today demonstrates the problem with that. They released high schools right around the peak of the storm.

We didn't know when it was going to hit. Clearly MCPS and other districts (rightfully) concluded that the risks of the storm didn't justify systemwide closures. But then picking an early release time and sticking to it wasn't the safe choice, either. The safe choice would have been going to the end of the day and delaying if the storm was ongoing and severe at the time of dismissal.

But obviously some people don't want the safest option, either.

If we were willing to roll the dice for the conditions at early dismissal time, why not roll the dice for conditions at normal dismissal time?[/quote]

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